[CentOS] IBM ServeRAID Manager software

[Ian Blackwell]

Drew wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm in the process of installing Centos 5.2 on an IBM x236 w/
> ServeRAID 7k I recently acquired to act as a samba file server. The
> hardware has all passed various stress tests I could throw at it so
> we're okay there.
>
> My question is. Has anyone had any luck getting the latest IBM
> ServeRAID Manager v9.0 working in CentOS? If so how?
>
> ServeRAID Manager is based off Adaptec's Storage Manager and I'm
> encountering two errors.
>
> The first relates to the login. It asks me for my username & password
> then throws a java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: authenticateUser error.
> I've tried it with both Sun Java 1.4 & 1.6 and the same error both
> times. There's also supposed to be a file /etc/pam.d/storman created
> according to the docs but nowhere in the rpm file or on the web can I
> find out what the contents of the file are supposed to look like.
>
> The second error, is after I hit cancel (which logs me in as guest),
> the software says no raid controller exists, which is of course
> incorrect.
>
> As a side note, I've already tried googling the problem, visiting
> Adaptec's site, and visiting IBM's support & developerworks sites. The
> support site's are useless and developerworks keeps spitting out HTTP
> 50x errors.
>
>   
Use mdadm as Timo suggests.  ServeRaid will only give you grief.

Ian